Make vs Motion

Make and Motion sit in the same category. The verdict below is calculated for each role from the tasks, the role fit and the price.

Short answer

Make wins for 13 of 17 roles in our data. Make starts at $9/mo; Motion publishes no fixed price.

Role	Better choice	Why
Accountant	Make	covers 2 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Lawyer	Make	covers 1 tasks relevant to this role against 0; has a free plan
Finance manager	Make	covers 1 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Manager	Motion	covers 3 tasks relevant to this role against 2
Marketer	Make	has a free plan
Sales manager	Make	has a free plan
Data analyst	Make	covers 2 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Teacher	Motion	covers 3 tasks relevant to this role against 2
Executive assistant	Make	has a free plan
Logistics manager	Make	has a free plan
Procurement manager	Make	covers 2 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Secretary	Motion	covers 3 tasks relevant to this role against 2
Tax consultant	Make	covers 2 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Auditor	Make	covers 2 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Economist	Make	covers 1 tasks relevant to this role against 0; built for this role; has a free plan
Project manager	Motion	covers 3 tasks relevant to this role against 2; part of the role's core toolkit
Social media manager	Make	has a free plan

	Make	Motion
Vendor	Celonis (Make)	Motion
Category	Automation and business apps	Automation and business apps
Free plan	Yes: 1,000 operations a month, two active scenarios, checks every 15 minutes	No
Cheapest paid plan	Core, $9/mo	price on request
Top plan	Teams, $29/mo	price on request
Tasks covered	3	3

Make: Visual automation scenarios with branching and AI steps, cheaper than Zapier on complex chains.

Motion: Task and project planner that builds your daily schedule around deadlines on its own.

Every module in a loop is a separate operation: a 200-row scenario with four modules uses 800 operations in one run
Data passes through Make's servers and stays in the execution log: turn off content storage for scenarios with personal data
Model API keys in connections are visible to everyone on the team with admin rights: restrict roles

The trial converts to a paid subscription automatically: set a reminder
A schedule that reshuffles every hour annoys the team: pin meetings with people by hand
You set task durations, and an underestimate breaks the whole schedule

In our data Make is the better choice for 13 of 17 roles. The table above shows the reason for each role.

Make starts at $9/mo; Motion publishes no fixed price.

Make: Yes. 1,000 operations a month, two active scenarios, checks every 15 minutes. Motion: No.